Two devotees were electrocuted when a live cable fell on them during the Ganesh nimajjanam at Vuyyuru village in Krishna district on Saturday.
The victims were identified as Yedlapalli Ramaiah (52) and Y. Ramulamma (50), of a family. The incident occurred when the cable got snapped and fell on Ramulamma, when she came out to see the procession. Ramaiah, in a bid to rescue her, touched the woman and he too died on the spot.
The bodies were shifted to Vijayawada Government General Hospital mortuary for post-mortem, said the Vuyyuru police.